Fleet Management

California Sets Dates for Freight Mobility Plan Workshops

California’s Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, will host eight public workshops between June 17 and July 24 to solicit input on the draft California Freight Mobility Plan, which lays out a vision for all the ways freight is moved, including seaports, air cargo, railroads, and trucking.

Caltrans is developing the CFMP in partnership with the California State Transportation Agency, the freight industry, public agencies, Native American tribal governments, and advocacy groups. The plan will be finalized by the end of this year.

“To maintain and improve California’s status as the eighth-largest economy in the world, we must create a multimodal freight plan that sustains freight jobs, improves transportation, protects the environment and our communities,” said Caltrans director Malcolm Dougherty.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will rely on the CFMP and other state freight plans as it shapes a national freight plan, according to Caltrans. Projects identified in California’s plan will be eligible to apply for a higher percentage of federal funding.

Caltrans says this plan is especially important because California is a national and global trade leader. Of the country’s internationally traded consumer products, about 40% is transported through California’s 12 seaports, giving it an unparalleled geographic trade position on the Pacific Rim.

California has also set aggressive goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve a sustainable environment. The freight plan’s goal is to transition the freight industry to zero or near zero emissions by 2050.

To review the draft plan and comment, you can attend any of these eight public workshops: